First off I wanted to do some marquertry but shelling out $400 plus for a slow speed scroll saw was too steep. I tried to find a used one locally, but after a couple of months it wasn’t happening. Then I was going through some old issues of “Woodwork” magazine and found an article on building your own foot powered scroll saw. If you can find it, they are no longer around, it was the October 2006 edition. Anyway the guy who made it was Brian Condran (briancondran@aol.com) and it got me started. He will sell plans for his version. I ended up not using his plans but using the magazine article to help guide me along. I changed a bunch of things and I am proud of the way my turned out.
The concept is pretty straight forward two arms going up and down in unison
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This is my first time doing a blog, so have some patience. I will take a bunch of close up pictures and try to explain what you are looking at.
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PineInTheAsh
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posted 136 days ago
Looks superb and anxiously await pics.
cabinetmaster
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posted 136 days ago
Wow. Looks great.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
a1Jim
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posted 136 days ago
I’m impressed great job. More More
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com
patron
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posted 136 days ago
we’re taping our feet ,
waiting .
( and practicing )
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
MattD
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posted 136 days ago
This looks great and it obviously works very well by the looks of your other projects. I’ll look forward to following this. I’ve been put off by the cost of scroll saws also, but it never occured to me to build one.
-- Matt - Syracuse, NY
Billp
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posted 133 days ago
I wish I would have seen this before I forked over $500 on a Delta Love my saw but I would have made one of these first. I will have to make one anyway.
-- Billp